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Cisco Fabric Manager Server Federation Deployment Guide
OL-21765-01, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 5.x
Chapter 1 Cisco Fabric Manager Server Federation Overview
Figure 1-5 Moving Fabrics
Terminology
The following table defines some of the common acronyms used in the federated server environment:
Features and Capabilities
Fabric Manager Server clustering has the following features and capabilities:
• Manage storage networking across all Cisco SAN and unified fabrics.
• Scalable performance through server federation for a multiple and large fabrics with many
end-devices across different geographic data centers.
• Visibility of adjacent Ethernet networks and end-devices.
• Enables I/O convergence (FCoE).
• Real-time monitoring of SAN health status and network events.
• Visibility into performance, utilization, topology, and configuration details for more efficient
planning and provisioning.
Fabric Manager Server License provides the following functionalities with out installing any additional
software:
• Multiple Fabric Management
Acronym Definition
FM Fabric Manager.
FMS Fabric Manager Server.
PM Performance Manager.
SAN Storage Area Network.